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Article: Georgia signs on with AOL@SCHOOL. (News connection: up-to-date and usable education information from schools, government, business, research and professional organizations).
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- District Administration
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- January 1, 2002
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Georgia has become the sixth state to sign on to use AOL@SCHOOL, a free service from AOL for administrators, teachers and students.
AOL@SCHOOL, which was introduced in mid-2000, is a portal to a number of free educational materials. Turner Broadcasting, part of parent-company AOL Time Warner, will be a content provider via CNNfyi.com, a news Web site with links for K-12 students. Teachers and students can access content from Blackboard Inc., Classroom Connect, Riverdeep, Merriam-Webster and a host of other content partners.
The service provides teachers with the state's content standards, training and assessment resources and planning calendars. Teachers ...